Ceremonies

Activate an Engagement Ring

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

When choosing your engagement rings, emerald is by far the best choice for promoting and preserving love and long-term relationships. However the following ritual transforms any ring into an enchanted ring of love. Once you have obtained your ring, tie it to a red...

Bouquet spells

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

Presenting someone with a bouquet of flowers was once a method of delivering a spell right into your target’s hands. The “Language of Flowers,” whereby each type of flower represents a specific message, originated in the harems of the Middle East, where secrecy regarding romantic intrigues was crucial.

The Triple Goddess: 7 ways to connect the Mother aspect.

Mother, Ritual & Sacred Living

Mother’s Day. A day for all mothers, a day to celebrate the mother we have, the mothers we are, the mother we want to be, the mother that taught us, the mother that loved us, the shadow mother, the bearer of fruit, of creativity, of love and of joy. What does it...

How do I love the?

Story Telling, Weddings

Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806–1861 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet...

Pagan love doll spells to use in your wedding

Ceremonies, Ritual & Sacred Living, Weddings

Dolls are used for hexing but they’re also used for healing, protection, fertility, and romantic spells.

Spring boquets

Weddings

I love weddings, I love spring flowers – So it’s the perfect time to share with you my 10 most favourite spring flowers for your bouquet.

Finding the perfect bridesmaids dress

Weddings

For decades, bridesmaids around the world have forcibly agreed to wear hideously tacky dresses in awful colours against their will…all for their bridezillas. I imagine each of these bridesmaids has faced herself in the mirror, taken a big swallow of pride, forced an...

Funerals and beliefs

Funeral

I believe that funeral ceremonies, for those who want one, must offer greater emotional and, where appropriate, spiritual value. I believer that a funeral ceremony must reflect the person who has died and those that are grieving.

5 Things the Dying Want Us to Know

Ceremonies, Funeral, Ritual & Sacred Living

I originally read about this book Opening Heaven’s Door: Investigating Stories of Life, Death, and What Comes After by journalist Patricia Pearson and thought it was quite interesting. I want to clearly state that I do not agree with all that Pearson states,...

Reading for a second marriage

Same Sex ceremonies, Weddings

They wanted their ceremony to demonstrate their belief that even though they had already lived full lives with their first partners, they still believed in the sacredness of marriage, and that they took their vows very seriously.

5 steps to secure your boutonniere

Weddings

I love seeing a groom’s boutonniere match the brides and bridesmaids bouquets. But have you ever thought about how you get them pinned on the suit lapel – it’s a bit tricky – but here are 5 quick steps to guide you. 1. Position the boutonniere...

Finding the perfect cake topper

Same Sex ceremonies, Weddings

it is essential that the cake topper reflects your style as well as the cake’s.

Writing and delivering a eulogy – 5 tips to make it easier.

Ceremonies, Funeral

Writing and delivering the a eulogy for a loved one can be and extremely difficult thing to do. For anyone preparing a eulogy for a loved one, this is my advice – keep it personal, and make it your own. 1. Try to make it fairly brief Keep telling yourself...

Planning your ceremony

Weddings

So much designing and planning goes into creating the perfect #wedding reception that it’s easy to overlook the most important part—your ceremony! Avoid wedding-day disappointment by getting started on your ceremony plans now. Here are some hot tips: Pick your music....

Mothers day – celebrating the mother in us all

Mother, Ritual & Sacred Living

To some, Mother’s day is just another day concocted by the greeting card and floral companies, a cultural holiday dominated by consumer pressures. For those whose mothers have died or are distant, and for those who have never been mothers, the day might touch deep...